Reply #17: I wonder what the Jewish children traumatized by the holocaust

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learned? Or the black children that had dogs sicked on them and were hosed down by southern police officers? What are the children of immigrant learning now? What about the Indian and Mexican children whose land and legacy was taken away by white settlers? Or MLK jrs. children when their father was killed...?

Yes, it can be traumatizing--but those that lived through those experiences didn't have a choice. Maybe if one is exposed to any of the situations I speak of above for an entire day or longer they may think twice before imposing such treatment on others.

Children today (hopefully) would have the benefit of counselors and teachers to follow-up such an experience--and also let them know that a great deal of people in this country still feel exactly what they did in their "experiment." While their experiment had a begginning, a middle and an end and people available to help them get through it, to talk about how it felt, why it was wrong, how to avoid it, etc. those that still experience such treatment in their lives today do not.

I'm not at all sure what age would be appropriate for such an experiment and when it wouldn't be damaging. But I do think that in some ways children are capable of being far more resilient than we give them credit for, if we give them the appropriate guidance and support.

Is it a requirement for a lesson to hurt to some degree for one to learn from it and grow from it?

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Just my thoughts on this issue. I mean no disrespect to anyone that has shared here. :hi: I've enjoyed reading everyone's ideas on this. I'm merely asking questions that come to me when I consider this issue.

Interesting topic--just glad to see people talking about it. Carry on!